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Robert T Smith

Robert C Kane

Chenggang Xie

Lawrence N Dworsky

Johann T Trujillo

Rodolfo Lucero

Dean W Barker

Saied N Tehrani

Herbert Goronkin

Patrice M Parris

Jun Shen

James E Jaskie

Bruce L Morton

Curtis D Moyer

Scott V Johnson

Ken K Foo

Ronald O Petersen

Robert C Rumbaugh

Scott K Ageno

Walter J Ciosek

Mark S Aurora

Cecil W Penn

David M Rice

Ethel Catharine Smith

A repair bracket that provides a substitute for one or more broken anchoring tabs of a manhole base. The repair bracket is an expansible bracket that has a frame member with a central manhole access passage through the frame member. The frame member has threaded holes transversely through the frame member and located at positions corresponding to positions of threaded holes in the original unbroken anchoring tabs of the manhole base. The threaded holes are used to connect the frame member to a manhole cover by threaded bolts extending through the cover and into the threaded holes. Expansible actuators are mounted to the frame member and are capable of moving a part of the expansible bracket outward into engagement against the inner wall of the base or a sleeve or casing attached to the base.

Manhole repair bracket

The grip assembly that is attachable to or may be incorporated into variously shaped item sections with a grip portion and an item attachment structure. The grip portion has an ergonomically polygonal shaped outer surface. The item attachment structure is in force transferring relation to the ergonomically shaped outer surface and is securable to any one or a large variety of item shapes in a manner such that physical forces may be transferred between the item and the hand of a user gripping the ergonomically shaped outer surface portion.

Grip assembly attachable to variously shaped articles

Method reducing cross-talk between adjacent column conductors in a field emission display ( ) that has a plurality of column conductors ( A, B, C, A, B, C) on which electron emission structures ( ) are disposed. The field emission display ( ), also includes a plurality of row conductors ( ). Cross-talk is prevented by ensuring that adjacent conductors are not in an active state at the same time.

Method for reducing cross-talk in a field emission display

Method and structure for reducing crosstalk between adjacent column conductors in a field emission display ( ) that has a plurality of column conductors ( ) on which electron emission structures ( ) are disposed. The field emission display ( ) also includes a plurality of row conductors ( ). A field termination structure ( ) is formed between adjacent column conductors. The field termination structure ( ) attenuates a voltage glitch created by a switching column conductor, thereby preventing the voltage glitch from affecting adjacent nonswitching column conductors.

Means for reducing crosstalk in a field emission display and structure therefor

A ROM embedded in a multi-layered integrated circuit includes rows of transistor memory cells. For reduced area, each transistor in a row optionally shares a terminal with an adjacent transistor in the row, whereby adjacent transistors share one of a source and a drain. A plurality of contact lines, one each connected to each common terminal, serve as address terminals for cells. A plurality of metal layers are connected to the other of the drain or source terminals by filled vias and include a final metal layer defining a metal pad for each of the other terminals. Filled vias couple selected metal pads to selected signal lines to provide &ldquo;1&rdquo; outputs from selected cells and signal lines which are not coupled by filled vias to the metal pads provide &ldquo;0&rdquo; outputs from selected cells.

Ultra-late programming ROM and method of manufacture

A method for driving a field emission display (,) includes the steps of dividing a digital video word (,), which has n-bits, into N digital sub-words (,), each of which has n&prime;-bits, and sequentially converting each of the digital sub-words (,) into a control signal (,). The control signals (,) are sequentially utilized to control drive signals (,) applied to the field emission display (,).

Method for driving a flat panel display

A method for reducing charge accumulation in a field emission display (100) includes the steps of causing a plurality of electron emitters (114) to emit electrons (132) to reduce the potential at an anode (124) of the field emission display (100). Upon the reduction of the potential at the anode (124), the electrons (132) neutralize a positively electrostatically charged surface (129) of a spacer (130). The anode potential is dropped by providing a resistor (127) in series with a voltage source (126) connected to the anode (124). The anode potential is reduced by causing the electron emitters (114) to emit simultaneously to provide a pull-down current (128) at the anode (124). The voltage at the anode (124) is reduced to a value that causes a sufficient flux of electrons (132) to be attracted to the charged surfaces (129) for neutralizing them.

Method for reducing charge accumulation in a field emission display

A field emission display (100) includes a cathode plate (110) having a plurality of electron emitters (114), an anode plate (122) having an anode (124) connected to a potential source (126), and an anode voltage pull-down circuit (127) having an input (106) and an output (104). Output (104) is connected to anode (124), and input (106) is connected to potential source (126). Preferably, anode voltage pull-down circuit (127) causes an anode voltage (120) at anode (124) to drop to about ground potential prior to generation of a discharge current by electron emitters (114) for neutralizing positively electrostatically charged surfaces (137, 138) within field emission display (100).

Field emission display and method for the operation thereof

A method for providing a gray scale in a field emission display (50) includes the step of providing a first driving pulse (214) having a pulse width equal to a pulse width separation (115) between the graphs (100, 200) of total charge response versus pulse width of a driving pulse for the non-ideal field emission display and the corresponding ideal field emission display. The pulse width separation (115) is the horizontal distance between the two graphs (100, 200) at a region wherein the two graphs (100, 200) are generally parallel. The pulse width, t.sub.n, of an nth driving pulse corresponding to an nth gray scale level is given by t.sub.n =t.sub.1 +[n-1]*[(t.sub.N -t.sub.1)/(N-1)], wherein t.sub.1 is the pulse width of the first driving pulse (214), N is the total number of gray scale levels, and t.sub.N is the pulse width of the Nth driving pulse.

Method for providing a gray scale in a field emission display

A field emission display (100) includes a cathode plate (104) having a plurality of electron emitters (112) and ballast resistors (118), an anode plate (120) having an anode (124), and a temperature compensation circuit (130) having an input (142), an output (134), and a current output (138). Input (142) is connected to unregulated voltage (132), output (134) is connected to gate (116), and current output (138) is connected to temperature sensing element (148). Preferably, temperature sensing element (148) is mounted on cathode plate (104) and matches the temperature vs. resistance characteristics of ballast resistors (118). Temperature compensation circuit (130) outputs current (220) to temperature sensing element (148) and receives ballast voltage (230) from temperature sensing element (148) as a function of temperature of cathode plate (104). Temperature compensation circuit (130) outputs gate voltage (238) to adjust electron emission current (114), and subsequently brightness for variations in temperature.

Field emission display with temperature sensing element and method for

A charge dissipation field emission device (200, 300, 400) includes a supporting substrate (210, 310, 410), a cathode (215, 315, 415) formed thereon, a dielectric layer (240, 340, 440) formed on the cathode (215, 315, 415) and having emitter wells (260, 360, 460) and a charge dissipation well (252, 352, 452, 453) exposing a charge-collecting surface (248, 348, 448, 449), for bleeding off gaseous positive charge generated during the operation of the charge dissipation field emission device (200, 300, 400), an electron emitter (270, 370, 470) formed in each of the emitter wells (260, 360, 460), and an anode (280, 380, 480) spaced from the dielectric layer (240, 340, 440) for collecting electrons emitted by the electron emitters (270, 370, 470).

Charge dissipation field emission device

A field emission display (100, 200, 300) and a method of making the same are disclosed. The field emission display (100, 200, 300) includes an anode (110, 210, 310) having a plurality of cathodoluminescent deposits (120, 220, 320), a back plate (185, 285, 385) including a cathode (130, 230, 330) having a plurality of field emitters (140, 240, 340) and being affixed to a cathode reinforcement member (170, 270, 370), and a plurality of side members (150, 250, 350) disposed between the anode (110, 210, 310) and the cathode (130, 230,330) and hermetically affixed thereto. The thicknesses of the anode (110, 210, 310) and the back plate (185, 285, 385) are sufficient to provide the structural support necessary to maintain the mechanical integrity of the field emission display (100, 200, 300).

Field emission display having a cathode reinforcement member

A field emission device (10) utilizes a resistive layer (13) between an extraction grid (14) and a conductive layer (12) to form a resistor (23). The resistor controls the amount of current flowing through an emission tip (16) of the field emission device (10).

Field emission device current control apparatus and method

A field emission device (100) having an electron emitter (101), for emitting electrons, an extraction electrode (102) proximally disposed with respect to the electron emitter (101), an anode (103) for collecting some of any emitted electrons is formed. Anode (103) is distally disposed with respect to the electron emitter (101). A transient current source (110) is operably coupled between the electron emitter (101) and a reference potential (107). Transient current source (110) provides a transient current to the electron emitter (101) to enhance response time for emission of electrons from the electron emitter (101) of the field emission device (100). A controlling input line (111) is provided for current controlling signals to the transient current source (110) with the controlling input line (111) being operably coupled to the transient current source (110).

Field emission device with transient current source

An FED (10) utilizes a semiconductor junction to control the current flow (32) through an emission tip of the FED (10). The semiconductor junction is created between a conductive layer (12) and a doped semiconductor layer (14). The conductive layer (12) can be a metal or another doped semiconductor layer in order to form the semiconductor junction.

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Robert T Smith